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Ideas for children’s writing :: zigzag books

27/08/2015 by Cathy James 3 Comments

If you’re looking for a fun idea to get your child writing, try making a Zig Zag Book. It’s a great way to encourage beginners to have a go at writing. The format of the book is fun and quirky and lets them do lots of drawings, adding in a little writing too.

simple creative writing zigzag books

 

Kids’ writing :: make a zigzag book

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To make a zigzag book, take a piece of card (a long and narrow shape) in your child’s favourite colour. Fold it in half, then in half again to create a little book with four zig zag pages.

Then it’s over to your child. What story could they write? They might like to make up a story from their imagination, or re-tell a story they know well. The format of the book, with its sequence of just four pages, encourages them to think about the structure of a story and come up with a start, middle and end to their tale.how to make a simple book kids

My younger daughter re-interpreted The Bog Baby, one of our current favourite reads, and her sister went for an alien adventure called ‘Space Dogs’.

literacy ideas for preschool writing

You can adapt the story writing to suit your child, making this a good activity for a group of children of different ages or abilities. L (4yrs) did all her illustrations and then dictated her story for me to write.

Making your very own book gives a great sense of accomplishment, and using this small size of zigzag book makes it possible for even very beginner writers to achieve this.

writing simple books with children

B (7yrs) made hers all by herself – I suggested she just write speech bubbles for her characters, so she could include some writing without being overwhelmed by having to write full sentences.

 

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Help your child to make their mark with these wonderful projects that help develop a love of writing, creative storytelling, self-confidence and compassion – along with six sets of bonus printables.

Filed Under: All Crafts, Books, Misc, Stories, Writing Tagged: writing

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Comments

  1. Megan Berry says

    03/08/2010 at 2:35 pm

    It’s so fun to see what their creative little minds come up with! I have a hard time keeping up with my daughter as she dictates and I write…we’ll definitely be trying this. Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Hannah @anewaddition says

    27/08/2014 at 9:09 am

    I am so glad I found this, Now I have my boys activity for the day 🙂 Although we are using paper x

    Reply
    • Cathy James says

      28/08/2014 at 8:01 pm

      Great, Hannah! I’d love to hear what stories he comes up with.

      Reply

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